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Letter from [George] Udny Yule to Sir Frank [Edward] Smith, regarding a paper 'Tests of statistical hypotheses which are unbiassed in the limit' by [Jerzy] Neyman

Reference number: RR/W/6/5

Date: 22 February 1938

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Paper reference code: A.10

As communicator of the paper, Yule believes the referee 'has wholly failed to understand the paper' [see RR/W/6/4]. Asks to withdraw the paper.

[Not published in RS journals but in the Annals of Mathematical Statistics, v. 9, 2, June 1938].

Received 23 February 1938

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RR/W/6/5
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22 February 1938
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Typescript

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Letter from [George] Udny Yule to Sir Frank [Edward] Smith, regarding a paper 'Tests of statistical hypotheses which are unbiassed in the limit' by [Jerzy] Neyman, 22 February 1938, RR/W/6/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_w_6_5/letter-from-george-udny-yule-to-sir-frank-edward-smith-regarding-a-paper-tests-of-statistical-hypotheses-which-are-unbiassed-in-the-limit-by-jerzy-neyman, accessed on 11 September 2026

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